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Pillar of the Community
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Not that I want even more quarters, but if we're bound to have all these long term and multi design years then I feel that the US Mint should produce a regular quarter alongside the the commemorative quarters. Canada does this and it works. This way we can choose to NOT collect the commemoratives and at the same time keep some continuity in our sets by having the regular design.
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For the record, I'd be okay with a one-year circulating commemorative issue for the sestercentennial coming up in 2026, as was done 50 years prior. I can dig it.  Quote:
I feel that the US Mint should produce a regular quarter alongside the the commemorative quarters. Meh.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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In Canada for the 1992/1999/2000 commemoratives they also produced a regular design that could be found in mint sets but not for circulation. I like that because it gives you options. I really don't see why coin legislation can't be written like that.
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Having a "regular" quarter join the ATB issues is not unlike what they did with keeping the Sacagawea when the presidential series started. I do not need it, but I would not complain if they did it. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Variety is the spice of life...the more the merrier...I love pulling coins from change and plopping them into my folders.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm against the placement of more real life people on coinage, it just becomes too politically driven and creates the potential for partisan influences invading the hobby.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with you Joe, but everything is politics today, and our hobby is most certainly driven by politics as it is. Zinc/copper lobbyists and Crane Paper, anyone?
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Rest in Peace
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If they are going to put fifty people, most of whom will not be quickly recognized by most people, howzabout the obverse bears the profile of the person being honored, and the reverse bears a QR code so's we can find out who they are? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_codeCheers, /s/ ikeyPikey |
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If they are going to put fifty people, most of whom will not be quickly recognized by most people, howzabout the obverse bears the profile of the person being honored, and the reverse bears a QR code so's we can find out who they are? Interesting idea. I say, why not?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yeah, I like it! The marriage of modern with ancient.
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Rest in Peace
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Fast forward - not that many years - and the archaeologists will be puzzling over our "3-D bar codes" the way we puzzle over hieroglyphs ... unless, of course, we back up the data onto floppy disks!
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Fast forward - not that many years - and the archaeologists will be puzzling over our "3-D bar codes" the way we puzzle over hieroglyphs  Quote:
unless, of course, we back up the data onto floppy disks! You would be surprised how many digital archives are written to a medium with a fast dwindling supply of functional equipment to read said medium.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Just... say no.
That said, I'd be all in for a one-year circulating commemorative a la the 1776-1976 coins for the 250th in 2026. "Sestercentennial" sounds so weird...
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"Sestercentennial" sounds so weird... What about semiquincentennial? I like quarter-millenial myeslf. |
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"Sestercentennial" sounds so weird... I like it due to the (ancient) numismatic connotations. |
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